THE END FOR SEA LAB, THE BEGINNING FOR MERILEE
AND BUTCH
ACT 4
SCENE 1
Liz and Freddy C. walk a few steps out
side of the cafeteria.
FREDDY C: Liz what were you thinking?
LIZ: (Looks angry) I can’t take this any
longer Fred…
Liz looks like she wants to return to the
cafeteria.
LIZ: Just let me strangle that no good…
FREDDY C: Shhhhhh, Liz take it easy… You
are going to blow our cover… I hate those jerks as much as you… but we have to
finish our mission.
It looks like Liz is more calmer now.
FREDDY: Okay?
LIZ: Okay Freddy…
Freddy looks around to see if any one can
hear them.
FREDDY: Look Mr. Socrates is already
sending his data to the Idack Computer, is the only way that we can save him…
BTW, have you found Merilee?
LIZ: No, this place is huge, is going to
take us forever, specially if she’s hiding… Have you heard from the other
agents?
FREDDY: No, they should be here by now…
Something must happened to Jesse…
LIZ: Why don’t we go and check, we can’t
fight all these people alone…
FREDDY: No, you stay here I’m going to
check on Jesse…
LIZ: But Fred…
FREDDY: We could look suspicious if they
see us together all the time… I will be right back…
Freddy leaves the scene, Elizabeth doesn’t
look too happy.
LIZ: Great!
Suddenly Marco that is just passing by
looks at Liz.
MARCO: WOW! What a babe!…
Marco walks toward her.
MARCO: Hello!
LIZ: (Turns to look at Marco) Hello…
Liz recognizes him and tryst to hide her
anger.
MARCO: I have never seen you here before
(Begins to talk in a very bad Spanish) Señorita… Donde tu
haber estado todo mi vida?….
We see subtitles on the screen.
SUBTITLES: Where you been all my life…
Liz begins to feel offended by the way
he’s speaking her language. So she decides to speak to him in Spanish.
LIZ: (Smiles) Muy lejos de ti cretino...
SUBTITLE: Very fare from you jerk...
First Marco doesn’t seem to understand
what is she saying to him and then.
MARCO: Oh, don’t be like that Señorita…
Marco begins to get closer to Liz, she
looks more than upset at this point.
MARCO: What if you come to my room
tonight?…
LIZ: No thanks...
MARCO: We can have fun…
Suddenly we hear a slapping sound of
camera, Liz reacts and hits Marco several times until he makes him falls toward
the ground. Liz now looks more calm.
LIZ: I feel much better now…
Liz fixes her hair and leaves the scene.
Marco that is on the ground is in very bad shape.
MARCO ON THE GROUND: Ouch!
Scene Fades Out.
SPARKS rolls over to where MARCO is laying
unconscious.
SPARKS: Hey, hey, what happened to you?!
MARCO (groggily): Wow! What a woman!
SPARKS: What the hell are you talking
about? (looks around) I don't see no woman. You talking about Debbie? So what,.
I mean, we've seen her do that lots of times. You want to "reward' her?
Hah, stand in line!
MARCO (slowly gets up): No, no, man,
another Senorita...she was righ there...man, what a punch she has...great
arms...
SPARKS (shakes his head): You're
insane..you're out of your mind...(a loud voice from the nearby closet door
startles both of them)
VOICE (slightly muffled, coming from
closet): Let me outta here! Let me out! For God's sake, what the hell is goin
on here?! (MARCO and SPARKS slowly turn around to see the noise is coming from
the closet. They slowly go tward it and throw it open to find BLACK DEBBIE- in
LIZ'S clothing- stumble out)
SPARKS: Debbie!
MARCO: Madre De Dios! Debbie, what are you doing in there? Is there some reason you're dressed
like a fugitive from 'Miami Vice'?
BLACK DEBBIE (disgusted): I'm trying to
make a fashion statement. But apparnetly it's wasted on you!
SPARKS: What ahppened to your uniform?
BLACK DEBBIE: It's been stiolen that's
what happened to it! I don't know WHAT happened, but someone knocked me out
cold,. took my unoiform, and replaced it with THESE!!!
MARCO: Oh we better get you another
uniform before Shanks finds out...where is Shanks anyway?
BL:ACK DEBBIE: How the hell should I know,
maybe those uniform thieves got him too!
MARCO: Who would want to steal
uniforms..from off our bodies...
SPARKS: Doesn't make sense why someone
would...oh..(realises) oh, holy crap!!!
MARCO: What? What?
SPARKS: We're not alone, Marco!
MARCO: Well, DUH, I could have told you
that! Black Debbie is here, White Debbie kjjust did her show for us...there's
Quin, and Stormy..
SPARKS: Marco...THERE ARE MORE SPIES HERE
AFTER US!! WE BEEN FOUND OUT!!!
MARCO: Oh my God!! Dios Mio, we've been
discovered..
SPARKS: Uh Marco...about this 'Senorita'
you spoke of...
Scene 2
LIZ walks down the corridors of the place,
trying to stay out of sight. The rest of the SeaLab people are in the
cafeteria, still patrying, so she makes a hasty pass by there, nodding in
greeting to some of them who looks at her. The nod and continue with their
party. Jus then, up ahead, in the distance, she sees a familar sight. The
distant figure of MERILEE< moving very slowly and quietly, but astaring
straight ahead, passes by and enters into another place.
LIZ (whispering): Merilee? (quickly she
follws her. She stops at the entrance to the communications place, where she
sees MERILEE take out some wires and buttons. Her cheeks look flushed, almost
as if she has just finished crying, her face iis pale, and her eyes are
expressionless.Yet she moves about in a feirce and determined way.) Merilee?
(MERILEE jumps up and quickly spins around, her jaw dropping at the sight of
her friend)
MERILEE (whispering): Liz?
LIZ (smiles): Merilee! (rushes over and hugs her friend tightly) Thank God we found you!
(MERILEE smiles and hugs her back quickly, but pulls away and lift a finger to
her lips)
MERILEE: Quick, to my room! (pulls LIZ
quickly down the corridors to her bedroom, shutting the door fast.)
Scene 3
MERILEE leads LIZ to her room and quickly shuts
the door. She stands with her back to LIZ
MERILEE: Did anyone see you in there with
me?
LIZ (sitting on bed): No, no one did.
(MERILEE sighs with relief and turns toward LIZ, who gasps at what she sees.
MERILEE's face is completely pale white, her green eyes, once filled with joy
and life, are now hollow pools in her head, no expression, no emotion. Deviod
of anything at all. Her cheeks are streaked, like she had been quietly sobbing.
She is now basically the picture of lonliness and helplessness. The bright and
cheerful tambourineist who used to always smile and be glad is now nothing mroe
than a memory. In her place is a picture of depression, a hollow, empty shell
of a person, deviod of any sign of life and joy at all. LIZ quickly regains her
composure.) What's happened to you, Merilee?
MERILEE (looking downward): Oh, nothing
much...I just lost two of my very best friend in the whole world..and the man I
was going to marry TONIGHT...all in one fell swoop...(her voice falters and her
legs start to tremble. LIZ stand up, alarmed.) Tonight...he would have...we
would have..(Finally she breaks and falls to her knees, sobbing quietly. LIZ
rushes over, kneels down, and holds her tightly as she sobs and sobs with
abandonment on LIZ's shoulder) It...would have been tonight...(checks her
watch) We would have been husband and wife for four hours already..FOUR HOURS!
(crys softly again)
LIZ (rubbing her back quietly, blinking
back tears herself): I know, Merilee. It's OK, let it out, you can let it
out...Merilee, have you been here all this time?!
MERILEE (finally rasing her head): Yes. I
was hoping I'd find some answers down here...and I found all I needed to know
(her voice begins to slowly get stronger and more determined with every word) I
know now...I know exactly what I'm gonna do..what I HAVE to do...for all of
them...(finally looks at LIZ as though this was the first time she's seen her)
But, Liz...what are YOU doing here?!
LIZ: We're here looking for you, Merilee.
We recieved your message.
MERILEE (looking relieved): So it was YOU
who came here to get Mr. Socrates. Oh, I'm so glad. Quick, you have to get him
out of here, goodness knows I don't want him in here when...(stops suddenly)
LIZ (gentily): When what?
MERILEE (glancing toward the drawn red curtain):
When I do what I have to do..for them...is anyone else here?
LIZ: Freddie is. He's trying to get in
touch with the people back at the Agency and send MR. Socrates's information
down there...but we can't seem to get through..
MERILEE: It's this current..that or
Spark's radio transmissions. They block everything. Quinn told me about that..
LIZ: He told YOU?! Without reconginzing
you?
MERILEE (grabbing her wig from a drawer):
Well, no..(puts wig on and grabs the glasses. Speaks in the accent.) He told
Rose! Who he thought was his new lab partner!
LIZ (laughs a bit): Meri, you are amazing!
MERILEE (removing wig and glasses): Let's
just hope they continue to think so. Now..(looks around, near her red curtained
shrine, at this point the curtain is drawn. She picks up a device and gives it
to LIZ.) Here. This should work to break through the transmissions. Tell
Freddie to use this on Jesse, it 'll probably work.
LIZ: Thanks, Meri. (Her eyes fall on the
shrine. MERILEE follows her gaze and begins to go over to curtain and beckons
for LIZ to follow her. LIZ stands up and follows her to curtain. MERILEE draws
it open to show LIZ her shrine. LIZ carefully looks at all the pictures as
MERILEE lights the candles. LIZ bows her head in respect and quietly takes
MERILEE'S hand, squeesing it. LIZ looks at MERILEE, her glance telling her she
understands. LIZ's eyes fall on a simple picture. It has no one in it..it looks
almost like the government training facility. MERILEE sees her looking at that
and takes the picture. She stares at it blindly as she moves over and sits on
the bed. A movement is heard from underneath, startling LIZ, but MERILEE merely
smiles dadly. and lifts up hem) Come on out, boy! (ELVIS slowly comes out. LIZ
gasps.)
LIZ: Elvis! (hold out her hand to him.
ELVIS sniffs, recognises her, and jumps up, licking her, causing LIZ to laugh a
bit and pet him) What's he doing here?
MERILEE: One of those awful morons was
using him as a pet. But as you can see..(indicating how skinny he still is)
They didn't do that good of a job! I found him near the hallway and managed to
sneak him in here jus tin time..(looks at LIZ a bit) Didn't you say you liked
dogs, Liz?
LIZ: Oh yes, I love dogs.
MERILEE (nods sadly): I'm glad. (looks at
picture again)
LIZ (quietly sitting down near MERILEE,
ELVIS following and resting his head in her lap): Merilee, if you don't mind me
asking...why do you have a picture of the Government Training Facility there in
that shrine? No one's picture is in there.
MERILEE (sadly staring into space): For me
and Butch, Liz...this place was special to us...we had our first kiss right in
there..right in that facility...in fact right in the middle of
training...(walls begin to fall away slowly as the lights go down on all but
MERILEE. she is still staring strauight ahhead as the room changes around her)
Oh, Liz..every time I look at this picture, I remember how it was...I don't
think anyone could forget a day like that...(as lights go up, she quickly
exits, we are now in the Government Traning facility.)
Scene 4
(At first glace it looks a bit like a
gymnasitcs training hall with parallel bars, hanging rings, huge mats, etc. But
also obsticle courses, ropes hanging by platforms, etc. BUTCH enters then, in
casual clothes, T-shirt and red shorts, looking buffed.)
BUTCH: Anyone else here?
MERILEE (offstage): I'm coming, Butch,
I'll be right there! (MERILEE, her old and happy slef, enters. She is dressed
in a smoky blue leotard and her hair is done up in a ponytai tied with a
matching small blue ribbonl. BUTCH just gazes at her, for a few seconds not
being able to take his eyes off of her.) Well, where should we start?
BUTCH (snapping back): Right..well..let's
see..let's start by climbing those ropes there (points to a pair of ropes that
lead up to a rickety platform. Another pair of ropes is haning beside it,
designed to be swung upon to another smaller platform on the other side) OK, I
think Mr. Socrates said this part of the training involves stregth and agility.
MERILEE: It was a good idea for us to
practice here before our big test in just a few weeks. You think we should wait
for Wally and Steffy?
BUTCH: Nah. I don't think those platforms
can hold all four of us. Besides, I think this was designed for only two
pepople to use, in case we split up.
MERILEE: Ok, well, then, let's warm up.
(she sits on the floor, spreakd her l;egs out, and begins to stretch, Butch
speakd out his legs whuile standing up and does reaches.) So, how did you think
you did on our written tests?
BUTCH: They said I did fine. Do you know
how you did yet?
MERILEE: Not yet.
BUTCH (smiles at her tenderly): Well, in
fact, they told me you and I scored such high marks, we qualidfy as the leaders
of the team as soon as it's fully formed!
MERILEE: REALLY?! Us both?!
BUTCH: Yeah! Both of us!
MERILEE (gives delighted cry and stands
up, hugging BUTCH happily. He hugs her back. They stay like that for a while,
in one other's embrrace. Slowly BUTCH's arms lower tenderly, he flicks her
ponytails a bit. MERILEE lays her head against his shoulders...then stands up
quickly): Wait a minute? How did YOU find out BOTH our marks? (BUTCH smiles as
MERILEE find out truth and gives him playful smack across his chest, laughing)
You sneak!
BUTCH :Hey, we're gonna be doing this
anyway, why not practice? (they both laugh a bit)
MERILEE: YOU may qualify as a leader in
BRAINS, Kid, but let's see how you do physically! Race you to the ropes! (they
both laugh and runto the ropes, begginning to climb them. When they reach the
top, BUTCH grabs his and swings to the other platform. he tosses rope to
MERILEE)
BUTCH: You can do it, Merilee! (MERILEE
looks down at how high they are, takes a deep breath, and with a running start
makes a leap and swings from rope onto platform. She lands a bit off balance,
and tips backward, but BUTCH quickly takes her hand and pulls her up ion tiny
platflrom with him. he impulsively puts his arms around her. The platform is so
small they are standing just inches apart. Their smiles slowly disappear, they
gaze into one another's eyes. Then, slowly, BUTCH lowers his face and touches
MERILEE'S lips. At first the kiss is tender...then it grows deep and serious as
their arms entwine around each other. Slowly BUTCH reaches up and undoes
MERILEE's ribbbon, causing her golden hair to come tumbliong down. he runs his
hands through it as the kiss lengthens and grows even deeper. By the time they
come apart they simply stare at one another. BUTCH carresses MERILEE's check)
I've imagined kissing you ever since the moment I first laid eyes on you,
Merilee. I just didn't want to imagine anymore...
MERILEE: I've been imagining that same
thing...what took us so long? (BUTCH shrugs, then moves in and kisses her
again, more tender and gentile)
BUTCH: You know...this is gonna sound a bit
crazy...I mean..we've only known each other for what? A few weeks...(takes her
in his arms and embraces her, stroking her hair. he whispers in her ear)
Meri...I think I love you...
MERILEE: I think I love you, too.
WALLY'S VOICE (coming from offstage, startling
them): Hey, Butch? Merilee? Are you both in here?
MERILEE: Enter reality!
BUTCH (laughs quickly): Can I kiss you
just one more time?
MERILEE (gazing at him and wrapping her
arms around him again): You never have to ask me! (kisses her again. Scene then
darkens and fades away.)
Scene 5
(When we see MERILEE again she is back in
her blue SeaLab uniform, sitting next to LIZ with tears streaming down her
face) He never had to ask me again...not then...not ever...(gazes at picture)
that's why this place was so important to us..I know it sounds crazy...doesn't
sound very romantic...but..we fell in love right in here..in a gym!! (laughs a
bit but tears choke her up) In the gym!
LIZ (holds her quietly): Actually, it
DOES, Merilee...It sounds so very romantic... (LIZ remembers that FREDDY is on
his way to check on JESSIE.)
LIZ: Merilee I have to go!…
(LIZ cleans her tears.)
LIZ: I have to give this to Freddy before
he tries to fix Jesse….
(MERILEE doesn’t want to let go of her
hand.)
LIZ: I will be right back Merilee, it’s
just going to take a few minutes. Wait for me here….
(MERILEE lets go of her hand, LIZ is about
to leave when.)
MERILEE: Thanks Liz… For always been there
for me…
LIZ: (Smiles) Don’t mention it..
(LIZ leaves the scene and MERILEE stays in
her room watching the photos with a very sad face. MERILEE stares at her shrine
and slowly gets up and goes toward it. She kneels down and places the picture
reverently upon it. ELVIS follows her and sits down next to her, watching her.
MERILEE absently strokes his fur.)
MERILEE (absently): Liz is a good
person...she's so terrific...do you like her, Elvis? (ELVIS wags his tail
happily) Good, I was hoping you did. Yeah, Liz..she's a great friend...(picks
up wedding dress and unfolds it. Holds it up to her body. Stares at her shrine)
Soon, my Darling. Very soon. But first things first..(refolds dress and goes
over to the bed. She reaches down and takes out covered platform. She reaches
under pillowcase and takes out vials of liquid, wires, and wrenches. She lifts
up cover only a bit so we cannot see what is underneath it. She fully
concentrates on her work) Oh, Butch, you'd be so proud of me! I'll do this for
you, Butch. (in happy, childlike voice) I'm doing this all by myself, Butch!
All by myself, all for YOU! Look, Wally, Steffy! Look what I'm doing! (picks up
wrench) Of course, I'M not the only one doing this! I mean, we've done
everything together, right? So in a way, we're doing this together! Yeah...all
of us..like we always do!! Have to work...have to keep busy...the sooner I get
done...the sooner I will BE done! The sooner EVERYTHING will be done! (slowly
she stops for a moment and turns toward her shrine. In small whisper) The
sooner everything will be done....
Cut scene.
Scene 6
Scene Fades in: FREDDY hasn’t arrive in
the Sea Lab Bay yet, he’s walking in a huge corridor full of rooms in which a
lot of people is working. Suddenly he sees a vehicle that looks like a small
futuristic truck in one of those rooms. Five sea lab crewmembers are
surrounding the vehicle.
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: We should be
careful, Shank can kill us if we lose this cargo…
FREDDY stops walking and decides to check
what is going on.
FREDDY C: It must be drugs or weapons of
mass destruction…
(FREDDY says this to himself. One of the
crewmembers opens the doors of the vehicle and is full of boxes of beer.)
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: All right! Now we
are talking! ….
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: Is Miller time!…
FREDDY C: Huh?
(FREDDY can’t believe what his eyes are
seen. The 5 SEALAB CREWMEMBERS begin to get the boxes out of the vehicle. One
of those CREWMEMBERS walks toward FREDDY.)
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: Hey man here,
(Gives a box of beer to Freddy) this box is on the house…
FREDDY: Hey Thanks! …
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: Don’t mist the
party tonight, we are all going to get two girls for the price of one…
FREDDY: (Smiles) I wouldn’t mist it for
the world…
ONE OF THE CREWMEMBERS: Well said brother…
The crew member leaves.
FREDDY: [ Has a very funny look in his
face ] (Turns to look at the box) Well at least the beer is good…
Freddy reads on the box a label that says “ Tequila worm included ”, he seems disgust and leaves
the box of beer on the floor.
Scene 7
He keeps walking and then two guys with equipment
and clothes that look like they came from the Ghost Busters Movie, pass running
in the corridor chasing a bunny rabbit.
ONE OF THE GUYS: There it goes!…
Shoots a laser at the rabbit and failed.
ONE OF THE GUYS: Oh I failed! There it is
again!…
They shoot at the rabbit and they failed
again.
THE OTHER GUY: Don’t let it get away!
Nothing nice and cute should be in here!…
They leave the scene chasing after the
poor rabbit. Freddy can’t believe any of this and just when he’s about to say
something to the camera, one mutant passes with a Sea Lab crew member in his
back.
SEA LAB CREW MEMBER: Yahoo! Run like the
wind you &$#$#$!…
The Sea Lab crew member enters in one of
the rooms of the corridor with the mutant.
FREDDY: (Looks more than surprise) This is
a nut house! …
Says to him self. Freddy keeps walking
only a few steps more and finally he finds the bay in which he left Jesse.
Scene 8
Liz that is already on her way to look for
Freddy decides to contact him using her communicator, looks in all directions
to see if any one is watching her.
ELIZABETH: (Talks in her communicator)
Freddy, come in please…
Freddy receives her call and answers her.
FREDDY’S VOICE IN THE COMUNICATOR: Freddy
here, what’s up?
ELIZABETH: Don’t try to fix Jesse! The
problem is the underwater currents. I have something here that can help you
solve the problem… Merilee give it to me…
FREDDY’S VOICE IN THE COMUNICATOR: You
found her? That’s great Liz! Ah is she okay?
ELIZABETH: (Looks worry) No and I’m afraid
Mr. Socrates was right… I will tell you when I get there…
FREDDY’S VOICE IN THE COMUNICATOR:
Understood, but please hurry up, this place is beginning to give me the creeps…
Liz finds that last comment funny and she
smiles.
ELIZABETH: Don’t worry, I’m coming… Liz
over and out…
Suddenly Marco enters in to the scene and
sees Liz. She doesn’t see him because she’s looking at her communicator.
MARCO: Ah senorita!
Elizabeth turns to look at him.
MARCO: I finally found you....
ELIZABETH: OH no! Not you again!
MARCO: Si ser yo, el hombre que amar a ti…
SUBTITLES: Yes it’s me, the man who loves
you.
Marco begins to walk toward her and Liz
decides to run.
MARCO: Wait! Don’t run senorita, I love
you!….
Marco begins to chase her, they both leave
the scene.
Scene 10
(MARCO chases LIZ through many different
corridors, soon they come to a set of doors. LIZ goes into the first one on the
right. MARCO opens up door and attempts to follow her, but then he sees the
door next to it open and LIZ run out and run across the hall to the door
across. MARCO goes into THAT door. The door next to it opens up, LIZ runs out
and races to the third door on the right. MARCO comes out of the door next to
that and runs to door third from left. LIZ races out of fourth door on right and
runs into door across from it. MARCO comes out of fifth door on left, looks
around for LIZ, runs into fifth door on right. DEBBIE then comes out of second
door on right, pauses for a moment like she doesn't know what she's doing
there, then runs into first door on left. STORMY runs nonstop from second door
on left to first door on right. LIZ comes out of third door on right, MARCO
comes out of third door on left, they pass each other without even looking at
each other, and they go into the doors across from them. LIZ then comes out of
the fifth door on left, leans against it, panting for breath)
LIZ (panting): I can't take much more of
this...(comminicator turns on) What's up?
FREDDIE'S VOICE: What's going on, LIz?
LIZ: Don't even ask, I'm being chased down
this fairgrounds with a lovesick Lotherio after me! (hears laughing and
chatting in the background) Oh great, here come a couple more of them. (runs
into first door on right, doesn't close it all the way, but peeks out as two
men pass by)
MAN #1: Man, this is gonna be one swingin
party tonight!
MAN #2: Yeah...hey, you seen Shanks
anywhere?
MAN#1: Nah...maybe he's trying to ink some
more money deals!
MAN #2: Oh, more deals! (they laugh and pass
on. LIZ comes out, only to hear MARCO singing , 'Oh Senorita of my heart? Where
are you? Come on, Beautiful don't be like that! Come on,baby, I can show you
around here...' She takes off down the hallway as MARCO comes out and looks
lustfully for her. ROSE then enters concealing something small. MARCO eyes her
the same way he was eyeing LIZ)
MARCO: Hey, Rose! Haven't seen too much of
you, lately?
ROSE (to herself): Might be good reason
for that..
MARCO: What'd ya say?
ROSE: Oh, nothing, nothing gov. Say, you
seen that new girl that was around here?
MARCO: Ya mean the super hot sexy young
Latina Babe?
ROSE (looks uneasy): Uh..yeah...
MARCO: Nah. I can't find her. She's so
super sexy hot mama, but everytime I wanna talk to her...she runs away! (laughs)
I mean, I'm not gonna bite her...unless she wants me too!! (winks in a naughty
way at ROSE) Ya know what I mean, Rosita?
ROSE (backs away): Right..(MARCO takes
step toward her)
MARCO: I mean, it serves to reason that
when a guy sees an attractive women...sometimes TWO..oh man, how lucky would he
be to find TWO worthy and gorgeous muchacha's..am I right...
ROSE: More right than you know of gov..
MARCO (he has practically backed her up
into the wall): And say, BOTH of them were gorgeous and sexy.. and BOTH were
not of this country...then he would want to show them around the place...show
them how things are..maybe take them out to dinner...see which one he liked,
which one liked him more...but of course there WOULD only be one REAL way to do
that...wouldn't there?
ROSE (up against the wall, uneasily): Yes,
I suppose there would be...
MARCO: You know, Rose..I never got a
chance to say how lovely you are...I bet you're not even aware of it, yourself.
That accent..oh Mama..it turns me on...(he is now dangerously close) Come on,
Muchacha, say more, speak more...I can be just as sexy as any painter..any rock
star..(ROSE has gone stiff at the mention of 'rock star')
ROSE: I don't think that's possible,
gov...
MARCO: Hah, sure it is! I mean, look at
me..with these eyes and short hair...what did Butch Cassidy have that I
didn't?!
ERROSE (to herself): Good manners for one
thing...knowing how to TALK to someone for another...
MARCO: What's that? (he gazes into her
eyes and moves in for the kill. he tries top lower his face to kiss her, but by
now ROSE has had it, she brings out what she had hidden behind her back- a
small bomb- She proceeds to shove MARCO off her and bangs the bomb on his head
knocking him out, before she dashes off, but not before carefully hiding two
other very small bombs in various places in the hall)
Scene 11
Freddy is in the bay already in front of
Jesse that in this point looks more like a very futuristic submarine. He looks
worry.
FREDDY: Where is she?
It looks like Freddy is about to contact
Liz in his communicator again when Liz arrives.
FREDDY: Where on earth have you been?
(Looks at LIZ, out of breath and leaning against the door) And what happened to
you!
LIZ: Erik Estrada impersonator was chasing
me…
FREDDY: Huh?
LIZ: It's a long story! (gives him the
part): Here you go, this is the part….
Liz sets in side of Jesse to rest.
LIZ: If you can attach this to Jesse, you
can get through the ocean currents and reach headquarters.
FREDDY: (Looks at the part) Heck. How's
Merilee?
Freddy opens a compartment door in Jesse
that is full circuits.
LIZ: (lowers her head sadly): Oh, Freddie,
you'd hardly recognise her anymore! She's really in bad shape, it's like she's
lost the will to live entirely. She seems to have some plan for revenge, but
she didn't want to tell it to me, she only wanted to show me her shrine to the
Kids and tell me stories about her and Butch…It seemed like she was drifting in
and out of reality and wanted to be in her own world…a world with Butch! (sounding
more and more worried) The happy, joyful Merilee we know and adore...it's like
THAT Merilee died in the car crash along with everyone else. Like we've lost
her all over again. Freddie, I'm really scared for her. I don’t think she can
hold out much longer before she completely looses her grip on reality
altogether. and does something...drastic..
FREDDY (looks pale) Oh, boy! She sounds
worse then we thought! We better act fast.
LIZ: I know… Let’s pray she's way too
stable to do...anything drastic...at all...
FREDDY: (Looks worry) Let's hope you're
right! Liz, I think I can handle Jesse, you go and search Merilee, and report
back to me on what you can find out.
LIZ: (Looks upset) Hold it Mr. Smarty
pants! Why don’t you find out what is going on and I stay here with Jesse?
FREDDY: Because I’m the only one that
knows how to fix these circuits, I design them my self…
LIZ: (Looks upset) Good point… Okay I’m
leaving…
Liz gets closer to Freddy, her face now is
only a few centimeters from Freddy’s face.
LIZ: But next time you are the one that is
going to have to stand Marco and all those creeps…
FREDDY: (Looks nerves) Okay…
Liz leaves the scene. Freddy returns to
work in Jesse with the device in his hand.
FREDDY: (Looks in side of the car’s panel.)
Okay now, how do I put this thing in here?…
SCENE 12:
In the place where Rose left Marco, Hanks
and Black Debbie find Marco on the floor.
MARCO: ¡Oh madre de mía y corazón! ¡Duele mi cabeza!...
SPARKS: What happened to you?
MARCO: I saw that sexy Latin mama again!
SPARKS: Again! Marco what a hell have you
been drinking any way?
SPARKS: Nothing, I did saw her and then
that new girl Rose hit me…(Touches his forehead) Oh my head, why woman always
hit me? …
BLACK DEBBIE: That could take a wild guess
sugar…
(Says in a very sarcastic way. SPARKS
helps MARCO to get up.)
SPARKS: C’mon up, you have work to do…
MARCO: Ah! I’m hurt!
SPARKS: Hurt nothing, you are just
drunk...
(MARCO, SPARKS and BLACK DEBBIE leave the
scene. In a corridor in the left side of the screen we see a small human figure
in the distance, is ROSE, she’s doing something, but because of the
distance we can see what it is.)
Scene 13
ROSE is now seen with her back to us,
kneeling down upon the ground. her posture is turned such that we cannot see
what she is doing. Finally she leans back up against the wall, breathing
deeply. Slowly she removes her wig, becoming MERILEE. She brings her knees up
to her chest and wraps her arms around them tightly. She raises her face toward
the celing and her eyes take on a shallow, empty look as they fill with tears.
In a few seconds she seems to have become a very little helpless girl. She
slowly stretches out her left hand, now unadorned, and gazes at where the ring
used to be. In the background we see DEBBIE pass by, moving her body sensualy.
She is openly brandishing her left hand, which has MERILEE'S engagement ring
sparkling brilliantly. She stops, stretches her hand towards the light, and
admires the ring a bit before she goes into the other room, solely
concentrating on herself, not even glancing at the crumpled form of MERILEE.
MERILEE turns a bit and glimpses DEBBIE and the ring..HER ring! MERILEE then
glances into a nearby closet which has a door slightly ajar. She sees STEFFY'S
bass leaning against the wall and a couple of WALLY'S drums. She runs her hands
over them as words slip out of her unknowlingly..
MERILEE (as she fingers bass): Steffy.
(moves to drums) Wally...(near tears). Oh my friends...two of the truest
friends I ever had.....you didn't deserve this..you DIDN'T...
(Quickly she shuts the door. She sinks her
head into her knees as one more word slips from her almost in a childlike
voice)
Butch. (tears then spill out) Oh Butch...I
miss you so much...I do...(the scene then slowly starts to black out, with
MERILEE slowly standing up and leaving. Slowly the scene changes.)
Scene 14
(Now we are in what looks like a very
spacious hotel room, quite possibly the living room. We see huge glass doors to
the rear of it and note that it has a view facing the ocean. The sounds of the
ocean are clearly heard. It is now a bright sunny day and warm beams of light
spill from the doors and flood the room. The doors have huge white curtains
that have been thrown open to allow the sun in. There is a huge sofa directly
in front of the doors, and two chairs are in either side of the room. A large
glass table is in front of the sofa. The door to the right of this, at this
point closed, now opens and a dishevealed MERILEE comes out of it. Her hair is
tangled and her face is a bit flushed. She is wearing her pink bathrobe…but it
is obvious she is wearing little else underneath.She yawns a bit as BUTCH, in a
blue robe…and nothing else..comes out of the opened door to the left holding a
breakfast tray, which he sets down at the table and goes to meet MERILEE)
BUTCH: Good morning. You’re finally up,
Mrs. Cassidy.
MERILEE (hugging him gentily): Good
morning, Mr. Cassidy. (noticing tray) Oh, you made me breakfast. (pulls him
near) For that, you deserve a kiss. (kisses him, softly at first, but then more
passionately and much deeper than we have ever seen them kiss before. BUTCH
rubs her back tenderly, then his hands travel down and caresses her hips.
MERILEE smiles and kisses him again) Mmm…that’s better than coffee! (sits down
on sofa. Begins to put cream cheese on a bagel. BUTCH sits down next to her-
DIRECTLY next to her- and puts one arm around her. The other arm he raches for
a pastry. He kisses her cheek. MERILEE leans against him) This is so perfect,
Butch.
BUTCH (teasingly): What? The bagel?
MERILEE (looking up): You KNOW what I
mean. Everything. Look at this room, it’s so perfect..I love that ocean
smell…this was how I always imagined a perfect honeymoon in Hawaii. (as BUTCH
gives her some coffee) A gorgeous sunrise, the smell of the ocean breezes
waking me up in the morning, an absolutely perfect day..with the most perfect
person to share it with…(snuggles up even deeper to BUTCH) We HAVE to thank
Judy and Bonnie for arranging this! I still can’t believe they ACTUALLY
convinced Mr. Socrates to let us go away for two whole weeks!
BUTCH (laughing): Yeah, will wonders never
cease! I wonder if they somehow reprogrammed him or something…you think we
should check in and tell them to make sure? (they look at each other)
BOTH: Nah! (they laugh and snuggle closer
to each other. The share another even deeper kiss)
MERILEE (seriously): But you DID leave
your ring with Wally, right?
BUTCH (shows her his left hand): See? No
ring here but your own. And you heard Mr. Socrates, THIS Honeymoon is STRICTLY
for us. No calls, no adventures..you see this great luxery suite he booked? He
even gave the concierge strict instructions not to go near us! (kisses the top
of her head. MERILEE smiles tenderly)
MERILEE: Mmm…you say ALL the right things!
BUTCH: Only telling you the truth. Like
how I feel whenever I’m around you, Mrs. Cassidy..
MERILEE: I just can’t believe I’m finally
gonna be called that. Mrs. Merilee Cassidy….I love how that sounds..
BUTCH: I love it too. I have something to
show you…(picks up folded piece of paper near MERILEE’S place) I wrote this for
you last night. For some reason I was still awake..YOU fell asleep so quickly..
MERILEE: Hey, you wore me out! (Rubs his
shoulder) I’m sorry I fell alssep, Darling. But I promise I’ll make it up to
you tonight…what do ya say we just send out for Chinese food…eat it right here,
right in front of the doors..
BUTCH (smiling): We’ll turn the lights down
low...dance to some slow music…maybe go for a swim if it gets too hot...(smiles
suggestively, leans down and kises her passionately right on her lips. The kiss
gets steamy and they lean down into the sofa pillows, caressing each other and
kissing over and over again. Finally they break for air.) Mmm….it’s only
morning..(laughs and sweeps her into his arms) How many times have I told you
how much I love you, Mrs. Cassidy…God, I love you so much…(lowers hid head to
hers, whispers) I love you…
MERILEE: I love you, too…I love you so
much… (her voice fades ) I love you too!! (leans in to kiss him again…just then
lights suddenly go dark and the walls cave in around them. MERILEE feels
herself forcibly torn from BUTCH, who reaches desperately out to her. People
from Sealab -DEBBIE, QUINN, STORMY- start entering, breaking them apart,
tieing BUTCH up and dragging him away. BUTCH and MERILEE try to reach one
another, try to stop the people. They are unable to! BUTCH reaches desperately
out to MERILEE as they drag him away from her. MERILEE kneels down, desperately
trying to reach him as DEBBIE stays behind and starts laughing. A huge ‘BANG’
is heard offstage as the lights go completely dark)
Scene 15
(MERILEE rises with a start in the
darkness. The lights go up, she is still huddled up in the corner, in her
Sealab uniform. She realizes she had cried herself to sleep and it was all a
dream. She whispers ‘No!’ and bangs the wall, but curls up as the sound
reverberates in the dark, empty hall. She breaths a sigh of relief, no one has
heard. Voices are heard down the hall. Putting her wig back on and becoming
ROSE again, she slips out and peeks into one room where the party is underway.)
Scene 16
( We see the people over at various
tables, drinking at some, eating at others, and a couple have been pushed aside
to make room for dancing. ROSE peeks out of the entrance, watching)
MARCO: Where the hell is Shanks anyway?
STORMY: I haven’t seen him for quite a
while. Debbie, you seen him?
DEBBIE: Nope.
QUINN: That’s weird, shouldn’t he be here
by now?
STORMY: Hey, more food for us!! (grabs
some more)
QUINN: This is odd, I mean bad enough some
of my beakers and flasks have disappeared from my lab just like that..now
Shanks is missing..
MARCO: You don’t think Shanks took them,
did ya?
QUINN: Why would Shanks want them? He has
no use for them!
SPARKS (snickering): Maybe Marco’s Mystery
Lady took them with her!
MARCO: I’m telling ya she was here..and
she was a fox!
SPARKS: That pretty much sums up all the
Ladies around here!
QUINN (laughing): Yeah, I mean, we likes
em hot and sexy! We have no one else but! (squeezes DEBBIE)
SPARKS: Anyway…did ya tell Rose about our
newest trade-offs?
QUINN: I think Shanks did..I think he also
told how we “protect” them as well.
MARCO: Well, if ya ask me, the government
had it coming! (laughs) I mean, how despirate do you have to me for new
recruits that ya pluck them practically out of High School?!
STORMY (laughs): Ya! For a job like THIS!
I mean. Despite it being a great way to handle overpopulation…
SPARKS: Yeah, I mean, did they even GET
appropriate training, or what?
QUINN: If ya ask me, they were all just
tricked by believeing they were gonna be great musicians! (ROSE glares at this
remark) They were FAR too young for this, most likely had no clue what they
were doing, and may have been into it to get famous!!
ALL: Hear hear! Ya said it!! (clinking
beer bottles together)
Scene 17
(MARCO enters hallway, ROSE ducks into one
of the closets but can just see him take out STEFFY’S base guitar and several
of WALLY’S drums. MARCO goes back into party and ROSE comes out and peeks from
corner)
Scene 18
MARCO: Hey, everyone, orchestra’s here!
(all laugh SPARKS rolls up behind drums while MARCO stand beside him with bass)
MARCO: If ya ask me, THIS is what they
SHOULD have done, not leave it up to that pathetic government we have! (laugh)I
mean what self-respecting organization would leave the fate of an underwater
experiment to 20 year olds?!
ALL: OURS!!
MARCO: Well, yeah..(laughs) I mean, God,
look at them..look at their lead singer! Can you REALLY trust someone with our
government who thinks he’s a damn GIRL!! (all hoots and whistles. Someone hands
MARCO a woman’s curly wig. MARCO laughs and puts it on.) OK, government meeting!!
All representatives present!
ALL: Present!
MARCO (nods to DEBBIE by jukebox, who
proceeds to put money in): I’d like to open up with a little song…that reflects
our fearless leader! (snickers follow. SPARKS and MARCO lip-sinc to music on
jokebox)
JUKEBOX: She's a wonderful lady
And she's mine all mine
And there doesn't seem a way
That she won't come and lose my mind.
It's too easy humming songs
To a girl in yellow dress
It's been a long time since the party
And the room is in a mess.
The four kings of E.M.I.
Are sitting stately on the floor
There are birds out on the sidewalk
And a valet at the door.
He reminds me of a penguin
With few and plastered hair,
There's talcum powder on the letter
And the birthday boy is there.
Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Now they've darkened all the windows
And the seats are naugh-a-hyde.
I've been waiting for an hour,
I can't find a place to hide.
The being known as Wonder Girl
Is speaking I believe.
It's not easy tryin' to tell her
That I shortly have to leave.
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.
[Progressive scat vocals]
Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.
Why don't you cut your hair?
Why don't you live up there?
Why don't you do what I do,
See what I feel when I care?
Why don't you be like me?
Why don't you stop and see?
Why don't you hate who I hate,
Kill who I kill to be free.
(by this time the party is starting to get
rowdy and people are practically screaming the lyrics to the jukebox along with
SPARK’S pounding on drums. ROSE just stands there, just stares, with a look
fierce enough to kill. We then see her hands grip the curtains in the window so
hard..she rips them clean off, and the rod as well. She tears the curtains in
half and throws them down.)
Scene 19
(Marching angrily into her room, she pulls
open curtain of shrine and lifts out covered platform. She works on it fiercely,
with a look of hard determination in her eyes)
ROSE: Girl..girl…looks like a girl, huh?!
Oh, looks like a girl…you take my life, you take my world…we were supposed to
be married…have babies..have a wonderful life…you took that..you laugh..who’s going
to laugh at you when I’m finished..YOU HEAR ME?! WHO’S LAUGHING AT ALL OF
YOU?!?! (offstage is heard LIZ call out, ‘Merilee?’)
Elizabeth enters in to the scene.
ELIZABETH: Thank God that I found you in
here Merilee…
At this point Merilee is giving her back
toward Liz.
MERILEE: (Turns to look at Liz) My name is
Rose…
Elizabeth gets worry for the look that
Merilee has in her face.
ELIZABETH: Yes Rose… I’m here, do you need
company?
MERILEE: (Smiles) Thanks Liz, but I’m very
busy…
ELIZABETH: Busy?
Out side of her room the music and the
noises of the party can be heard so laud that interrupts their conversation.
ELIZABETH: I’m glad that you didn’t go to,
you know…
MERILEE: (Lowers her head) Yeah… I just
wanted to be alone for a while… Ah Liz did you find Freddy?
ELIZABETH: Oh yes, he’s just about to put
the device you give me, the other agents are going to be in here very soon.
Rose gets worried for the news.
MERILEE: In that case we better hurry up,
we have to get Mr. Socrates out of here…
Elizabeth can’t understand what is going
on with Rose.
ELIZABETH: Ah Freddy already took care of
that, his memory is being transmitted to another computer in the World Wide
Talent Agency.
MERILEE: In that case, there’s just one
more thing that I need to do and then we can get out of here…
ELIZABETH: Merilee…
MERILEE: Rose, my name is Rose…
ELIZABETH: Okay Rose, what is it that you
want to do?
Suddenly some one knocks at the door and
we hear Black Debbie’s voice out side of the room.
BLACK DEBBIE’S VOICE OUT SIDE: Hey what’s
wrong sugar? Why are you not in the party?
MERILEE: I have to go, if they don’t see
me they are going to suspect something…
Merilee is about to open the door when Liz
stops her.
ELIZABETH: Rose… Take care okay?
Merilee responds to Elizabeth in a very
bizarre way, her eyes look creepy and with out life.
MERILEE: Don’t worry about me, I will be
okay…
Rose opens the door and leaves with Black
Debbie, the door close. Elizabeth stays there worry and trying to understand
what is going on. Suddenly her communicator turns on.
ELIZABETH: Liz here…
FREDDY IN THE COMUNICATOR: I finish
installing the device, Jesse is transferring our location to the World Wide
Talent Agency…The other agents should be in here in a couple of hours…
ELIZABETH: Fred, there’s something not
right in here, Merilee doesn’t look well at all… I’m afraid she’s going to try
to do something…
FREDDY IN THE COMUNICATOR: But what?
ELIZABETH: I don’t know, she’s going to
the party in this moment, I better keep an eye on her…
FREDDY IN THE COMUNICATOR: I’m going to
check on Mr. Socrates and make sure that his memory is completely transfer to
the Idack computer.
ELIZABETH: Understood…
Liz turns off her communicator and
prepares to leave the room, the doors open and to her unfortunate surprise out
side of her room she finds Marco, he looks drunk.
ELIZABETH: Why me?
MARCO: Oh senorita, I found you…
Elizabeth looks upset.
MARCO: And in a very good place…
Elizabeth begins to walk backwards as Marco
enters in to the room. He begins to sing.
MARCO: Porque vamos a navegar por el río del amor, tu serás el
barco y yo el mar.
SUBTITLES: Because we are going to ride in
the river of love, you will be the boat and I will be the sea.
Elizabeth can’t stand this any longer.
ELIZABETH: Okay lover boy, you ask for it…
MARCO: Oh and I want it senorita…
ELIZABETH: Good, because you are going to
get it…
Elizabeth grabs Marco and hits him with
all kinds of karate movements. Marco tryst to get lose to reach the door.
MARCO: (Looks scared) HELP! SHE’S GOING TO
KILL ME!
ELIZABETH: COME HERE!
Elizabeth continues to hit him and finally
she throws him on the ground. She grabs a lamp that is above a table.
ELIZABETH: And now just to make sure you
are not going to bother any other woman again…
Elizabeth ties Marco using the electrical
cord that she toke from the lamp. In this moment Marco is completely
unconscious with birds on his head
SCENE 20
We see Freddy entering in the secret room
in which they have Mr. Socrates.
MR. SOCRATES: Mr. Corven, what is our
status?
FREDDY: Well we found Merilee and the
other agents in the World Wide Talent Agency are on their way…
MR.SOCRATES: Is she okay?
Freddy checks the digital screen at a side
of Mr. Socrates. The data transfer is in 99%.
FREDDY: Hey not bad, you are almost there…
MR. SOCRATES: Mr. Corven, please, answer
my question…
Freddy doesn’t know what to say.
FREDDY: No she’s not, but don’t worry Liz
is keeping an eye on her.
MR. SOCRATES: Mr. Corven, what ever you
do, take care safe… back home… She’s…
Mr. Socrates is slowly turning off.
FREDDY: (Looks worry) What’s wrong?
MR. SOCRATES: My transfer is comple…t…
Mr. Socrates turns off, all his lights are
no longer working.
SCENE 21:
Back in the World Wide Talent Agency,
Daniel and Louisa are monitoring the situation.
IDACK COMPUTER: The transfer is
complete…The new data…is…transfer…in…
The Idack computer begins to act weird,
Louisa and Daniel look worry and suddenly the Idack computer begins to talk
like Mr. Socrates.
MR. SOCARTES: Good day, Louisa and Daniel…
LOUISA: Mr. Socrates!
DANIEL: Is good to have you back Sir!…
MR. SOCRATES: Please, leave the greetings
for latter, you must rescue Merilee, Elizabeth del Valle and Freddy Corven…
DANIEL: (Looks happy) Merilee! She’s
alive?
MR. SOCRATES: Affirmative…
LOUISA: The other agents are getting ready
to go as we speak Sir…
We see a lot of movement in the World Wide
Talent Agency, all kinds of earth and underwater vehicles are leaving the
place.
Scene 22
LIZ drags MARCO out of the room. Groggy
and singing part of a Spanish song, he realises what's going on.
MARCO (groggily): Where're you taken
me....
LIZ puts him into the closet and slams the
door. She grabs a chair and baricades him in. She rubs her hands in
satisfaction.
LIZ: Just giving you a small rest..
MARCO (groggily): Aw, come on,
Senorita...let's talk this over...(sounds comes from closet, indicating he has
fainted. LIZ rolls her eyes and leaves in the direction of the party.)
Scene 23
We are back in the party. LIZ walks around
and nods to people there, until she spies ROSE standing at the table talking
with DEBBBIE. When she sees LIZ she gives her a sad smile. Both women know this
is the LAST place they want to be, but it's necessary for them to be there. LIZ
saddles up to them)
ROSE: Hello there! I was wonderin where
you were..
DEBBIE: Oh, are you new here?
ROSE: Uh...Debbie DuPree, this is..uh..
LIZ (quickly): Hernandez.
ROSR: Oh yes, Hernandez..she uh..she works
in the reactor area.
DEBBIE (shaking her hand): Glad ta know
ya. Nice you could come join the party. We're about to have some more
entertainment!
LIZ: Oh? (stares at the ring on her hand,
MERILEE'S enganement ring! She glances over at ROSE who blinks back tears
looking at it) That's a nice ring.
DEBBIE (stretches out hand to show LIZ):
Isn't it, though?
LIZ: Where'd you get that?
DEBBIE: Oh, I picked it up (ROSE glares at
her and looks away.) So, this is quite a party, huh? You better believe it. I
little tribute to this wonderful government of ours! (ROSE stiffens up) Ha,ha.
Actually, we're really waiting for Shanks. Haven't seen hide nor thin hair of
him. He was supposed to come and announce our newest allies!
LIZ: Allies?
DEBBIE: You got it, Honey. You don't think
we'd stop with our selling and trading, did ya? Especially now that for the
time being we're home free.
LIZ: So, you're selling MORE secrets to
other countries?
DEBBIE: hey, how do ya think we can afford
suich lavish specticles, huh?! (snickers) Not by the pennies the U.S. A. gives
us, that's for sure!
STORMY (coming over): You said it in a
nutshell, Debbie! (Notices LIZ) Hey, who's your new friend?
DEBBIE: Derek Waters, Hernandez, she's
from the reactor room.
STORMY: Yeah, everyone calls me Stormy
(shakes hands) You're new, huh? You must be, I never seen you down here before.
LIZ: Uh, yeah, yeah, just joined.
STORMY: So Deb's been filling you in on
the ropes, huh?
LIZ: yeah, so Shanks is gona make an
announcement about our new allies..
DEBBIE: I hear it might be in a war torn
country that needs weapons..
STORMY: Yeah...gee..I wonder if I can be
an ambassador to this new place..
DEBBIE: Oh what are you talking about? You
don't have top be an ambassador you're at SeaLab!
STORMY: What's that got to do with it?
DEBBIE (points upward): Ya don't see any
of the Chief members of Government getting off THIEIR cute tushies and running
off to risk their lives, do ya?! But they're sure great for sending others, I
can tell you that!
LIZ (sarcastically): Do tell that, Deb..
DEBBIE: Well, hey SOMEONE'S gotta do the
paperwork, while their lackies are out getting killed....
STORMY (rasing fist in the air): For God
and Country!!
DEBBIE: Oh, yeah! (they laugh. LIZ and
ROSE exchange looks of disgust) But seriously, though, how CAN we POSSIBLY
expect to take them seriously when they send High School Graduates out to face
danger!! What, they don't want to soil THIER precious hands?!
STORMY: Helps control population
growth...can't multiply when you're six feet under!
DEBBIE: Yeah, and honestly did they REALLY
expect to live a long time doing this when their So-Called
-Hand-Picked-Leader-Of-The-Pack was so iimmature he never even took scissors to
his HAIR?!
STORMY: Bet every morning he had to get up
early (mimics putting cream in his hair, in deep masculine voice) Oh yeah, I'll
report..but I gotta work on my coif! La,da,dee,dee...there, no one can find me
irresistable now!! Oh, I'm perfect! (ROSE gets more and more stiff as she's
hearing these remarks. LIZ holds her drink so tightly the cup falls apart in
her hands. She stares, surprised as ROSE hands her a napkin to clean up) Hey,
where's Marco?
DEBBIE: Who knows?
STORMY: Oh well, while waiting for Shanks
and in honor of this day, the One Week Anniversary of these Tragic
Deaths...that the Government should have seen coming! (all cheer agreement) Oh
please, oh please, HELLO! What were they thinking? Seriously, WHAT were they
thinking?! You send people out to do something this dangerous when they're just
barely out of school?! (all cheer). Anyway, this is a little ditty we'd like to
dedicate to the Leader Of The Pack. Ya know, the man..or was it woman...(all
call out) Oh yeah, Ok man, yeah man...all right...well, as we all know we must
follow our leaders, right? Even the sissy ones! (ROSE grips the table, unable
to breathe. LIZ looks at her, alarmed) Sparks, start the music! (SPARKS rolls
over to jukebox as other people gather around STORMY. He pretends to play as
they start to go wild. Jukebox plays:
Any time, any day,
you can hear the people say
That love is blind.
Well, I don't know but I say love is kind.
Too too too, ooh too too too too.
Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Soldier boy kisses girl,
leaves behind a tragic world.
But he won't mind,
he's in love and he says love is fine.
Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Too too ooh, ooh too loo too too.
Oh, yes indeed we know that
people will find a way to go
no matter what the man said. (people line
up behind STORMY and salute)
And love is fine for all we know,
for all we know, our love will grow.
That's what the man said.
So won't you listen to what the man said.
(all kneels and gesture toward STORMY at these words)
He said,
(SPARKS scats)Too too too, ooh too loo too
too.
Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
STORMY: Ah, take it away!
SPARKS: Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Oh, yes indeed we know
that people will find a way to go
no matter what the man said. (all salute
to STORMY)
And love is fine for all we know,
for all we know, our love will grow.
That's what the man said. (Point to STORMY
while marching like army)
So won't you listen to what the man said.
(kneels and gesture to STORMY)
He said,
SPARKS: Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Too too too, ooh too loo too too.
Oh, yes indeed we know
that people will find a way to go
no matter what the man said. (DEBBIE gets
caught up in it and points to STORMY, then kneels down and makes show of
worship to him. He hold her up and kneels down, balancing her on his lap)
And love is fine for all we know,
for all we know, our love will grow.
That's what the man said. (point to
STORMY)
So won't you listen to what the man said.
(all gesture toward STORMY)
He said,
The wonder of it all, baby,
the wonder of it all, baby,
the wonder of it all, baby,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, too ooh ooh.
(All line up and do a Rockette’s style
dance step and clap, but ROSE has now had it. She walks away stiffly)
ROSE (her voice is tight): Excuse me.(runs
into bathroom.
Scene 24
(Stares intently at mirror) ROSE: (Speaks
to the mirror).I don't know how long I can go on like this, Butch! They're
draining me, they all are!! Oh God, Butch, I wish you were here, I don't know
if I..(her eyes widen as BUTCH appears in mirror. He seems to smile
encouragingly at her. He starts to fade just as he's about to say something)
No, Butch, don't leave me again!! (presses hands to mirror) I can do it, I
swear I will!!! (leans against mirror, crying) Butch!! (pounds on mirror) BUTCH!!!
(steps away, BUTCH is no longer there...just her reflection. Her eyes narrow
with anger at them and at herself she swings her hand at the mirror and breaks
it. She hears a voice outside)
DEBBIE: Rose?! Rose, where are you? (ROSE
grabs gause from the cabinet, dresses her hand very quickly, grabs her wig and
runs into the stall as DEBBIE comes in) Are you in here?
ROSE:(from stall): Yeah.
DEBBIE: I thought I saw you run in...but
how did the mirror get cracked?
ROSE: I broke it. I didn't like the way it
was looking at me.
DEBBIE (nods): Yeah, they do that
sometimes. Sometimes you just gotta take charge. (sits on cabinet) Didn't ya
like our show?
ROSE: Yeah, yeah, sure...was good...(comes
out of stall in wig. Yawns right out loud) Oh, bilimy, didn't realise it got so
late!
DEBBIE (looks at her watch): hey, it's not
late! (LIZ enters stall) Liz, will you tell her it's not so late?
LIZ: I'm felling really tired myself..
DEBBIE: Aw, THAT'S not late!
ROSE: Well, I'm tried, goodnight..(starts
to leave, but DEBBIE stops her)
DEBBIE: Look, I don't know what's wrong
with you, you CLAIM to enjoy helping us, but yet you constatly leave and you
hole up in your room...
ROSE: I get tired easily..
DEBBIE: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!
ROSE: I got my period, alright...just
now…and I'm in a lot of pain…I want to lay down..
LIZ: Let her lay down, maybe I'll bring
her up some aspirin..
DEBBIE: No, I have plenty of aspirin…
Debbie gets a bottle of aspirin from the
pocket of her uniform.
DEBBIE: You need a lot of it in here…
Debbie opens the bottle and only puts two
aspirins in her hand, Merilee grabs the two aspirins with both hands, covering
Debbie’s hand.
ROSE: Thanks, we will be there in a
minute…
DEBBIE: (Giggles) Don’t be late…
Debbie leaves the scene.
LIZ: That sure was a close one, good save
there, Rose.
Rose looks happy.
ROSE: Yeah…
Rose shows Liz her hand, she has her
weeding ring back.
LIZ: You got your weeding ring back! But
how?
ROSE: (Smiles) My uncle was a magician, I
have learned a few tricks from him….
LIZ: (Looks amaze) Not bad!
Suddenly Rose remembers something.
ROSE (looks at her watch): What time did
you say the agents are coming?
LIZ: About an hour and a half.
MERILEE (nods): Good, that's all the time
I'll need. You go tell Mr. Corven I'm alright, but better get ready to leave
and have backup officers outside waiting to make arrests.
LIZ: Okay, (Liz looks at her communicator)
I better contact Freddy, if he… (looks around, sees ROSE has vanished) Rose?
Liz looks out side of the ladies room and
Rose is no where to be found.
LIZ: (Looks worry) This isn't good...
Liz leaves the scene. Rose is hiding in
the ceiling, she jumps, lands on the ground and with a very angry look in her
face she leaves the scene.
Scene 25
Rose runs toward her bedroom, she passes
at a side of the cafeteria in which the party is already starting to get very
wild and ugly. Debbie that is standing in the entrance talking with two guys
sees Rose running.
DEBBIE: Rose!
Rose keeps running.
DEBBIE: Hey wait up!
Debbie begins to follow her, Rose enters
in to the room.
Scene 26
In side of the Room, Rose takes her wig
off. Elvis that is laying on the ground sees her and stands up, he’s happy to
see Merilee.
MERILEE: (Smiles) Hello Boy!
Merilee starts to caresses Elvis head when
suddenly a loud noise startles her and ELVIS. She scoots him into the closet
and runs into the bathroom after hiding Butch's guitar behind the curtain. The
curtain has been drawn over the shrine, but a light is on in the bathroom.
DEBBIE enters, knocks on doorframe quietly.
DEBBIE: Rose? Rose? (looks around her)
Rose?
ROSE (from bathroom): In here, just leave
the aspirins on the table and you can go. Thank you.
DEBBIE: Aspirins? No I came here to look
for you, I thought that you and your friend were going to be with us…
ROSE: Oh yeah, well I need more aspirins,
my headache is getting worse…
DEBBIE: Okay (leaves aspirin on
nightstand, but curtain gets her attention): Hmm? (whispers) That's strange...(goes
over to curtain, throws it open. Sees shrine) Ah, HA!!! So THAT'S it!! THAT'S
her little game! She's really working for THEM! Oh, Shanks is NOT going to like
this! We've let an enemy aboard! I better warn him..(starts to leave, but sharp
voice pulls her back)
MERILEE'S VOICE: YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE COME
HERE!
(Debbie turns around, sees MERILEE with no
wig or anything.)
DEBBIE: (She gasps. ) But... how… you...
(glances at album covers on shrine) You're dead!! We…I…I saw you.(hold out hand
where ring used to be) I took this from your cold hand...you were
cold.....you...they.. .HEY!!!
MERILEE (stretching out her hand): Looking
for THIS?!
DEBBIE (pointing to shrine): But…you…they…
MERILEE: Dead? Yes...but not ME! (Steps
forward menacingly) Oh, I cannot BEGIN to tell you how LONG I've been waiting
for this!
DEBBIE (Backs up.): You get away...you
stay away from me you deceitful...
MERILEE (stifles a laugh): You got SOME
NERVE calling ME that!
DEBBIE: Get away or I swear. I swear I'll
MERILEE: You'll WHAT?!
(DEBBIE finds BUTCH’S guitar and grabs it.
Sees shrine…thinking quick she swipes the guitar, breaking the pictures on the
shrine, smashing the candles. MERILEE screams as DEBBIE continues to destroy
the shrine. MERILEE screams as the shrine is smashed up. finally DEBBIE bends
the guitar between her leg, snapping it in two, and throwing both pieces on the
bed she runs toward the door and finds herself face to face with LIZ that heard
the noise.)
LIZ: Oh my God, what the heck happened in
here?!
(MERILEE breaks down and sobs openly,
kneeling down on the ground, She desperately tries to clean up the glass and
broken pieces. Tenderly she picks up BUTCH'S picture and inspects it, thankful
that the PICTURE isn't messed up, just the glass surrounding it. She tenderly
brushes off the broken glass and places the picture back in its place. Does the
same with the other pictures.)
DEBBIE: Hernandez (Looks glad to see her.
Points at MERILEE] We have an intruder!…
(LIZ decides to play a long with DEBBIE, although
she would like to hit her for what she has done to MERILEE.)
LIZ: Her! But that’s not possible!
DEBBIE: (Looks scared) Yes, she should be
dead!
(MERILEE is still on the ground trying to
put the pieces of the pictures and the guitar together. LIZ
trying her best to stay calm grabs DEBBIE
by her arm and gets her out of the room to talk to her in private.)
LIZ: Look, why don’t you let me handle
her? You go and find help…Okay?
DEBBIE: (Looks nerves) Good idea, don’ t
let her get a way, she’s crazy! She wanted to kill me…
LIZ: (Whispers) Yes I would like to do the
same…
DEBBIE: What?
LIZ: Nothing, just go and get some help… I
will be here taking care of her…
Debbie convince that Liz is telling the truth
leaves the scene. Liz returns to the bedroom.
LIZ: I thought she was never going to
leave…
(To her surprise MERILEE is missing
again.)
LIZ: Oh no, not again!…
(LIZ searches for MERILEE in all the room
and finds ELVIS.)
LIZ: Elvis!
(ELVIS begins to lick her face.)
LIZ: (Smiles) No! Not now boy!
(ELVIS stops licking her face and then she
turns her communicator on.)
LIZ: Freddy, come in please…
FREDDY IN THE COMUNICATOR: Freddy here,
what’s up?…
LIZ: (Looks worry) I lost Merilee again…
She’s could be anywhere now!…
FREDDY IN THE COMUNICATOR : Calm down, I
will search for her in the other sectors… Call me if you find her first, I will
do the same…
LIZ: Understood, over and out…
(ELVIS sounds sad.)
LIZ: Don’t worry Elvis we will find her,
(Caresses his head) now be a good boy (Looks at ELVIS directly at his eyes) and
stay here…Okay?
(ELVIS barks once, like he’s trying to say
that he understands.)
LIZ: (Smiles) Good boy…
(LIZ caresses his head one more time and
then she leaves the room. ELVIS sits on ground and looks very sad at the pieces
of the pictures and the guitar that are still on the ground.)
Scene 27
(We see several submarines in there way to
the Sea Lab. One of those Submarines is being commanded by ADERLY. Suddenly one
of the crewmembers of his submarines sees something in the radar screen.)
CREW MEMBER: Sir. There’s an identify
object approaching! …
(ADERLY sees the object in the radar
screen.)
ADERLY: On Screen…
(A huge video screen turns on in front of
ADERLY, they see the object and is the escape pod in which LIZ sent MARCO.)
ADERLY: Can we bring it on board?
CREW MEMBER: I think so Sir…
(Suddenly a huge white shark takes the
escape pod.)
ADERLY: Never mind… It was probably
nothing important… Continue with our heading…
CREW MEMBER: Yes Sir…
ADERLY’S submarine continues to move
toward Sea Lab with several other submarines at its side.
Scene 28
(We are back in MERILEE'S room. We see her
up on the celing which she jumps down. ELVIS jumps and growls, at first surprised,
but then starts to bark happily. MERILEE puts her hand over his mouth gentily.)
MERILEE: Shhh, Elvis! Down! (ELVIS calms
down. MERILEE kneels down and starts delicately, almost reverantly picking up
the glass, throwing them in the wastebasket, picking up the peices of guitar,
arranging them almost in a pattern in front of the shrine. She does this with
full concentration, almost as if the entire world depended on fixing the damage
as best as she could. She then bends down and takes out the covered object she
had been working on. She holds it close to her and looks at the broken shrine.)
Now they've DONE it!! This is it...this is war, and THIS time I'M going to win!
(she takes hidden object and tucks it into her pocket. She then opens the door
to her closet and scoots ELVIS in) Hide in here until I'm done, boy, then I
want you to go with Liz, understand? (ELVIS barks in agreement and goes into
closet) Good boy...(faraway look in her eyes) He's always been such a good
dog...(looks to shrine and raises her hand in air) I promise..now is the time.
Hold a place for me up there, Steffy, Wally, Butch! I'll be there to join you
as soon as I'm done..I promise!! (goes to door and goes out)
Scene 29
(she runs as fast as she can and finally
ducks into a closet. She pulls out picture of the KIDS she managed to sneak
into her pocket and holds it against her. She then bows her head and falls to
her knees.)
MERILEE (sorrowfully whispering in
closet): Oh, guys.(hugs picture) Elvis is all I have left...yet...it's not enough....I
still miss you...I still wish you were here..I still see you
everywhere...now..look at this!! Look at what she did to you!! (pulls picture
away and stares at the glass marks embedded into it. Stares at how wrinkled and
torn it is due to the smashing) She won't get away with this!! She WON'T!
(closes her eyes) Oh, Butch, if ever I needed you, it's now!
Scene 30
We then see HESH in hallway with trays of
food in his hands, heading toward POD 6.
HESH: Don't know why we gotta feed these prisoners
anyway..ought ta just leave em for dead. Ain';t that what we're doing, keeping
them there anyway?! They're gonna drop dead, just like that other one did, so
why we even bothering ta...where's Little Hesh anyway? Where'd he go, can't
find hide nor long hair of Hesh's own doggie! (ses shadow in hallway) Huh?
Who's there? Little Hesh, that you? (his eyes grow wide as figure of MERILEE
comes into the doorway) He..wha..she...AGGGGGGHHH!!!! GHOST!! GHOST!! HELP,
GHOST, HESH SEES A GHOST!!! (drops trays as runs away. MERILEE smirks a bit,
stops at where HESH was, turns her back to audience for a minute, then leaves.
Scene 31
We then see QUINN'S lab. He's going
through cupboards like crazy
QUINN: I KNOW I had that sodium clorifide
here somewhere..I just KNOW it...man, where DO my breakers keep disappearing
to?! (DEBBIE runs into his lab, shuts door, and leans against it, out of
breath) Debbie? Debbie, what's the matter?
(DEBBIE for a while can't talk)
DEBBIE: He..I...she..uh..she..the ag...the
ag...the ag..
QUINN: What? (DEBBIE studders) What? (she
gasps) WHAT HAPPENED?!
DEBBIE (points in direction she ran from):
That..she....(takes deep breath) Quinn...we're in deep trouble..
QUINN: WE are?! Why...you hear anything
about MORE agents sent down here?
DEBBIE (sarcastic laugh): Oh, there ARE
agents down here all right! Quinn..ah...remember those group of agents...the
ones who you installed that gizmo in the car..and we thought we took care of?
QUINN: Yeah?
DEBBIE: ESPECIALLY the blonde one, who we
thought was DEFINITELY gone?!
QUINN: The one you took the ring from and
Stormy tried to take physically? What about her?
DEBBIE: WELL WE DIDN'T OBLITERATE HER,
QUINN!! SHE'S ALIVE!! She's here, in this lab!!
QUINN:Debbie..
DEBBIE: She tired to attack me right in
her room, she almost tried to kill me! She got her ring back...
QUINN: Debbie..
DEBBIE: and I don't know what she's doing
here, but she's pissed off big time and she's gonna get all of us and..
QUINN: Debbie? WHAT ARE YOU TALKIN ABOUT?!
DEBBIE: Merilee! Merilee Anderson, the
tamborine player! She's alive, Quinn, she's not dead! We didn't get her! She
survived somehow!
QUINN: Debbie, we saw her body ourselves!
God, Stormy must have had a feild day with her outfit, you took her ring...why
aren't you wearing it, Deb? You always wear it!
DEBBIE: BECAUSE SHE TOOK IT, QUINN! She
took it back! That girl, 'Rose', she's really Merilee!
QUINN: Look, Debbie, there was NO WAY
anyone could have gotten out of that thing in one peice! I mean, the people
downstairs, they're just barely hangin on as it is, they're gonna drop dead any
second. Even if she DID survive there is NO WAY she would have recovered fully
enough to disguise herself all the time or to attack you. Either you were having
a night mare or you saw a ghost. Either way, you can finish telling me this
AFTER I look for my missing beakers! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to look
for them in the spare room! (QUINN goes in spare room, closes door behind him
as DEBBIE tried to follow)
DEBBIE: Quinn, I swear, I'm not dreaming,
that wasn't a ghost, I don't know how she did it, but she did it and I
swear...(hears noise behind her, causes her to stop. Slowly, she turns around
terrified as a murderously calm MERILEE stands in doorway, staring at her.)
Uh...Hi....
MERILEE (murderous smile): Hello, Debbie,
darling…(closes door . DEBBIE backs up as she enters room)
DEBBIE: But…Hernandez…she said she would
watch you..
MERILEE: Oh, I took her of her… And now is
your turn…
(The illumination of the room produce
shadows and lights that make MERILEE look scary. Debbie is more than scare at
this moment.)
DEBBIE: What do you mean?
(MERILEE smiles in a very spooky way.)
DEBBIE: No! Get a way from me! QUINN!!!
(DEBBIE walks backwards and suddenly she
stumbles with a tool box that is on the floor. She losses balance, tries to
grab to a weird and huge object that is on a table next to her, the object
falls with her, hitting her on her leg. She screams in pain. MERILEE leaves the
scene.)
QUINN (rushing inside): What the hell is
WRONG with you, Debbie?!
(QUINN sees DEBBIE on the floor.)
QUINN: What happened?!
(QUINN helps DEBBIE by taking that heavy
object from her leg.)
DEBBIE: She was here!!
QUINN: WHO was here?!
DEBBIE: SHE!! HER!! MERILEE!!! Right
there!
(Points to now open door.)
QUINN: That’s it! I’m going to tell Shanks
not to give you any more beers before lunch…
DEBBIE: QUINN YOU #&$#$#, I’m not
crazy, she was here!…
(Quinn helps Debbie to stand up. Merilee passes
running in front of the door with something in her hands, Debbie sees her but
Quinn that is giving his back toward the door doesn’t.)
DEBBIE: There! There! Did you saw her?
Quinn there she is!
QUINN: Yes, yes and this morning the
Monkees where here too…
(Debbie can’t believe what Quinn is
saying.)
DEBBIE: (Looks sad) Why me?
SCENE 32:
(MERILEE is now only a few meters a way
from QUINN’S lab and suddenly she sees some one coming, it‘s FREDDY. She hides
behind of a small vehicle that looks like a golf car.)
FREDDY: (Looks upset) Where can that girl
be?
(Freddy looks in his 3corder. Merilee gets
out from behind the vehicle and runs toward a door that says Section 21. The
doors open, Merilee gets in, Freddy turns to look at the same time that the
doors close. He doesn’t sees Merilee, so he decides to keep checking in the
rest of the hallway.)
SCENE 33:
(Merilee is now in what it looks like a
storage room or something similar. Looks inside cupboards. Takes out beaker
with bright blue liquid, Takes out covered object from pocket and finally
unveils it...a bomb! She pours liquid solution into it and checks small timer
to the front. Nods to herself. She closes up bomb and stares at windowed
cabinet, looking at her reflection) Oh, Butch, I wish you'd come. Just so I'd
know I have your blessing before I do this! ( goes to mirror) Butch? BUTCH!!
Butch..please!!! (leans against mirror, pounds on it with her first) Oh, Butch,
please, I need you, come Butch! Steffy, Wally...guys, please..please come!! (moves
away, in tiny, almost little girl voice) Please come...(raises her head) They
won't come…they won't. As long as those awful...as long as they continues to
think they've gotten away with this…. Guys? I know you're not coming cause
you're sending me a message..this is it..this is the time. They've hit a NEW
LOW with this..and now it's time we make them pay! (touches picture) I
promise..I promise..I'll do it now..my vengance for you, my friends will come!
And as soon as I'm done...(turns away) as soon as I'm done...then I can join
you. There's no way I can stay here..not with all these memories of you around
me...not with the fact that I'll have to sit through your funerals and listen
to them talk about you...as it is I can hardly eat, I can hardly sleep cause I
miss you all so much..I NEED you!! You weren't just my partners..my
bandmates..you were PART of me! (slow music starts) Oh Steffy, Wally, Butch, if
only you knew how lonely I was without you...(sings):
I've been looking at people
And how they change with the times
And lately all I've been seeing are people
Throwing love away and losing their minds
Or maybe it's me that's gone crazy
'Cause I can't understand why
All these lovers keep hurting each other
When good love is so hard to come by
So what's the glory in living
Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore
And if love never lasts forever
Tell me what's forever for
I've been listening to people
And they say love is the key
And it's not my way to let them lead me
astray
It's only that I want to believe
But I see love-hungry people
Trying their best to survive
While in their hands is a dying romance
And they're not even trying to keep it
alive
So what's the glory in living
Doesn't anybody ever stay together anymore
And if love never lasts forever
Tell me what's forever for
Quick blackout.
Scene 34
We see SPARKS at his radio equipment,
trying to look for waves. HESH is right behind him, talking a mile a minute.
SPARKS isn't listening.
HESH: I'm telling ya, man, Hesh SAW her!!
Hesh remmebers what she looked like. She was THERE, in the doorway, in our
uniforms!
SPARKS (sounding bored): A ghost, in the
doorway, wearing our uniforms...
HESH: Yeah, man, yeah! She just stared at
Hesh...Hesh didn't like the way she was glaring..
SPARKS: Uh, Hesh...I'm gonna tell you
something...and I'm gonna say it reeeeally slowly, so you fully get what I
mean...THERE ARE NO SUCH THINGS AS GHOSTS!!!
HESH: But she was THERE!! She's come to get
us all for killing the band! She's come to get revenge! She's found out what
we're all up to, and she's gonna get rid of all of us!!!
SPARKS: She's gonna get rid of all of
us...
HESH: Yeah!
SPARKS (not noticing the door in back of
him has opened): Look, Hesh, YOU might have THOUGHT you saw a ghost, but maybe
your eyes were playing tricks on ya.
HESH: But, now that I think of it..
SPARKS (sarcastically): You just keep
thinkin, Hesh, that's what you're good at.*
HESH: She wasn't at all see through,...she
looked more like the real person than ANY spirit..
SPARKS: Are you trying to tell me that the
actual PERSON is here, back from the DEAD! That's crazy!
HESH: Hesh isn't crazy, just colorful! *
(sees a shadow come out of the door, his face instantly goes pale. He drops his
pile of papers and starts trembling)
SCENE 35:
(STORMY is with a very attractive girl,
they are looking for a place to be alone.)
ATRACTIVE GIRL: Oh why can we return to
the party?
STORMY: (Looks drunk) Because we are going
to have a party our self’s…
ATRACTIVE GIRL: Oh! (She blushes)…
STORMY sees the room in which they have
MR. SOCRATES. The two doors are almost open.
STORMYY: Hey that looks like a good place!
ATRACTIVE GIRL: But Shanks told every one
that no one can enter there…
STORMYY: Well what he doesn’t know, wont
hurt the little selfish jerk…
The attractive girl giggles. They are just
about to enter in the room when suddenly they both hear noises.
ATRACTIVE GIRL: What was that?
The noises are coming from the closet in
which Shanks is looked.
STORMY: Is coming from that closet…
They open the closet and they find SHANKS.
SPARKY: SHANKS! What happened to you?
SHANKS: (Looks angry) I’m playing hide and
seek…
STORMY: In that case, we will return
later…
Sparky is about to close the door.
SHANKS: GET ME OUT OF HERE YOU
##”#&&/&/&….
STORMY: Oh right!
STORMY begins to untie him.
SHANKS: And you, sexy, bomb alert every
one in the base, we have intruders!
STORMYy finishes untieing SHANKS and he
stands up.
STORMY: But Sir… Who…
SHANKS goes directly to the room in which
he had MR. SOCRATES. We hear him scream of camera.
SHANKS: NO! Not my coffee machine, NO!
STORMY looks in side of the room, SHANKS
is on his knees in front of the MR. SOCRATES that is no longer working.
SHANKS: NO, how can they do this to me,
No!…
STORMY: It finally happened, he lost it…
Scene 36:
SHANKS (swivels around in chair):
Hesh..WHAT IS IT?! (stares at how pale his face is, looks concerned) Hesh?
What? (HESH points with shaking finger behind him) Hesh, look, if you think you
see her again...maybe you should go on vacation, someplace like Bolivia....come
on, I told you, she's dead, and if she was to come back at all, she WOULD have
to be a ghost..(MERILEE taps him on shoulder. he swivels around...and slowly,
slowly looks up at her murderously calm face)
MERILEE (no expression in voice): Boo.
HESH (screaming and running in the back of
SPARKS'S chair): I do believe in ghosts, I DO believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I
do, I do, I DO believe in ghosts, I DO believe in ghosts, I do, I do, I do,
SPARKS (trying to catch his breath): Oh,
Holy Crap...Oh...boy...(tried to put his hand through her arm...but
can't)..Uh..Hesh..(HESH is still mumbling) Hesh..HESH...SHE'S NOT A GHOST!!!!
HESH (peeks out from behind chair): She's
not a ghost?
MERILEE: Wrong! (takes a step toward them,
SPARKS tried to roll away)
HESH:OW!
SPARKS: What's the matter?
HESH: Ya rolled on Hesh!
SPARKS: Well, GET OUT OF MY WAY!!!
HESH (crawls out from behind chair):
But..Hesh don't...how'd you...we...you were killed!!
MERILEE: Word of advice..when you go
around thinking you can kill agents..you better make sure ALL of them are dead!
(SPARKS hunts for something in the
compartments, comes up with a gun. Brandishes guin in front of MERILEE)
SPARKS: Lady...now, I'm warning
ya...you...better not move another muscle..you better not come any closer..
HESH: That's good thinking there, Sparks.
Good thinking....
SPARKS (still tremebling with gun):
Kid...there's something I have ta tell you...I've never shot anybody before!
HESH: One hell of a time to tell me! *
(SPARKS tries to aim the gun, but drops it and MERILEE in a quick move picks it
up and points it directly at SPARKS'S head. SPARKS slowly backs up, HESH is
behind him. They're both keeping an eye on the gun. MERILEE steps toward them,.
no expression on her face.) Now, look...Merilyn...look, I know..I mean..you
can't be...well..look..whatever you THINK you're gonna do...don't do it....I
mean...really..I know..you must HATE us right now..and we don't blame you..but
you..you..you don't wanna do what WE do! I mean, you don't..I
mean..that's....(nearing the edge of his radio enquipment) For the LOVE OF GOD,
MERILYN PLEASE!!
MERILEE: It's MERILEE!!!
SPARKS: Merilee, Merilee, right,
Merilee...that's a...that's a nice name..that's sweet..that's..oh God, what are
you doing...
(MERILEE pauses for a small while, letting
out some breath she was obviously holding. Out of the corner of her eye she can
see the submarine containing the agents through the window. Gives a small, wise
like smile before making a 180 degree turn...and shooting the radio equipment.)
SPARKS: NOOOOOO!! What are you doing?!
STOP!!!!! (wires and buttons and such go flying as MERILEE continues to shoot
up the equipment all along the wall. Electric sparks then shoot up from the now
ruined equipment. HESH stands with his mouth open as MERILEE takes off)
SPARKS: My radio!! My communication! MY
VIDEO GAMES!! Why the hell did she do this to the radio?!?! (LIZ hears the
noise and runs in, her mouth drops open when she sees the mess)
ELIZABETH: Oh my god!
(Liz can’t believe her eyes, the place
looks like is going to blow up. She gets out of the room and looks in all
directions to see if she can find Merilee.)
ELIZABETH: (Talks in her communicator)
Freddy Come in please…
SCENE 37:
(We see Freddy running in a hall way, he
receives Liz message.)
FREDDY: Freddy here?
LIZ IN THE COMUNICATOR: Some one damaged
the communication room!…I think it was Merilee…
FREDDY: (Looks worry) Oh great! Did you
see where she went?
LIZ IN THE COMUNICATOR: No, but she must
be close, see if you can find her in the other corridors around the
communications room…
Suddenly another Frequency enters in to
the communicators, is Merilee. Her voice sounds sad.
MERILEE IN THE COMUNICATOR: Liz… Freddy,
please go, don’t look for me…I will be okay…
(Freddy and Liz try to talk to her but is
not use.)
ELIZABETH IN THE COMUNICATOR: No Merilee
wait!
FREDDY: Don’t do this kid!
MERILEE IN THE COMUNICATOR: I love you…
(Merilee brakes communication with them.)
FREDDY: Great Scott! Liz! See if you can
find her near the control room, I’m going to…
(Freddy turns around and he’s surprise by
Black Debbie, she’s holding an Atomic Gun and has it aim at Freddy.)
BLACK DEBBIE: So is true, we do have
intruders…
(Freddy trys to smile.)
FREDDY: Don’t be silly, is a…portable
phone…
LIZ IN THE COMUNICATOR: Freddy, what’s
wrong?
(Black Debbie looks very upset.)
FREDDY: Oh great!
BLACK DEBBIE: Give it to me Sugar…
(Freddy takes his communicator from his
wrest and then he throws the communicator at Black Debbie’s face, she reacts,
Freddy pushes her at a side and then he runs. Black Debbie aims her atomic gun
at Freddy.)
BLACK DEBBIE: EAT LEAD WHITE CHICKEN!
(Black Debbie begins to shoot at Freddy
but she misses.)
SCENE 38:
(Elizabeth is still trying to contact
Freddy in her communicator.)
ELIZABETH: Freddy? Freddy?
(There’s no answer. Suddenly Elizabeth sees
Shanks and the others leaving the communications room, she hides behind a wall
that has the shape of a huge metal rod.)
Scene 39:
(BLACK DEBBBIE commences to chase FREDDY
around the hallway, causing FREDDIE to bump into HESH coming out of destroyed communication
room.)
HESH: How, hey watch it! (Sounds from
inside room, SPARKS crying out, 'My radio!! My radio, what the hell did that
bitch do to my radio!! Oh, that is IT!! F*** her!!! Nobody come in here!!')
Eh,heh..ya might not wanna go in there for a while...
BLACK DEBBIE (running after him): Grab
him!! He's working for the government…
(Shanks that is also arriving in scene
sees Freddy.)
SHANKS: She’s right! That’s Don Johnson’s
impersonator! Don’t let him get a way!
(Freddy looks worry as Sparks, Black
Debbie, Hanks and Shanks begin to surround him, they all have very creepy
faces.)
BLACK DEBBIE: What should we do with him?
HANKS: How about if we feed our mutants
with this fresh meat?
SHANKS: Don’t be a child Hanks, what this
jerk needs…
(Shanks begins to prepare his fists.)
SHANKS: …its some good old fashion
beating…
BLACK DEBBIE: (Smiles) Not a bad idea
sugar….
HESH: Looks like that little bitch Merilee
is going to lose another friend…
(Freddy gets angry for that last comment.)
FREDDY: She’s NOT a bitch!!
(Freddy turns in to a fighting machine,
using all kinds of karate and ninja movements he leaves Sparks, Shanks and
Hanks knock cold and he takes Black Debbie’s Atomic Gun right from her hands,
Black Debbie seems impress.)
BLACK DEBBIE (Stopping at the sight of
HESH):* Is THAT what you call giving cover?
FREDDIE: Is that what you call running? If
I knew you were goanna stroll*...
(Freddy runs and leaves the scene with the
atomic gun in his hands, mean while Black Debbie tries to slap HESH awake. )
BLACK DEBBIE (To herself): *Morons! I've
got morons on my team!*
(FREDDIE runs over to where his comp is
and tries to contact LIZ)
FREDDIE: Liz? You there?
LIZ: Yeah, where on earth were you?!
FREDDIE: Had to take off my comp for a
minute…it's a long story. But now we got bigger things to worry about...they
discovered us! They know who we are and they think they've been sent down here
for the same reason the Kids were. You gotta be careful, Liz, they're more
dangerous than they look!
SCENE 40:
(Liz in her portion of the lab.)
LIZ: Don't worry Freddie, I don't think
they see me. But we HAVE to find Merilee and get out of here…
End of Act 4